Montenegro [DVD]

Susan Anspach portrays the ultimate "mad Housewife" in this unique comedy.

It would not play on DVD player or in computer.

Dusan Makavejev's Montenegro is not you typical film. In fact, it is one of the strangest films that I've come across in quite awhile. This is not to say that its not a good film. It may even be a great film. The story follows Marilyn Jordon (Susan Anspach) over several days leading up to New Years in Sweden. Marilyn is a bored housewife who seemingly has it all but is going slowly insane. Married to Bergman regular Erland Josephson she is the victim of a loveless marriage and a very stratified social circle. One holiday season she is detained at the airport while on her way to join her husband on a business trip and falls in with a group of Yugoslavian immigrants led by Alex Rossignol (Bora Todorovic) and her already shaky life begins to truly unravel. The immigrants are everything she is not. They are lustful (horny would probably be a better description) and fun loving. They run an earthy night club called the Zanzibar where just about anything can happen. Marilyn begins to experience life again with a lover, a zoo-keeper named Montenegro (Svetozar Cvetkovic). The problem is that this life can't go on forever and she must return to her family with some outrageous results. This is black comedy at its finest. It is a pointed satire of Bergman's work that even includes some familiar Bergman faces. The disc is out of print now but with some looking can be easily found. The Fox Lorber transfer is adequate despite some rather severe letterboxing. Look for a fine performance by Anspach and a dance by unknown Patricia Gelin with a tank that makes the whole quirky movie worthwhile. See it if you can.

great disc. as good or better than the US DVD

Could have been better PAC

Beyond weird. Bought for a friend verrrry strange

As advertised. Would buy from this seller again.

First saw this in 1981 when it came out and was struck by how clever it was psychologically and philosophically. It is a tasteful erotic art piece which can be looked at over and over with a beautiful soundtrack and cinematography. Loveless repression is the stuff madness and unbridled inhibition is made of. Freud discussed these cases all the time. The kind of life that causes one to act out. Well Susan Anspach (who is terribly attractive in this film) a prim and proper upper class Scandinavian gets enmeshed with a wild and crazy group of gypsies for a few days. Who is crazy?....well just about everyone. Yet each is normal in their own socioeconomic life. Well hold onto your mind, as Susan acts out brilliantly if not in a matter of fact manner. I mean she handles bizarre scenarios as if they were normal to her. She seamlessly slips between her prim and proper Upper class lifestyle and the crass bohemian lifestyle. But not without a deadly price to the people in both worlds. A brilliant dark comedy; and trust me there is not a sane person in the cast. Now it's hard to find at a good price. Fortunately on eBay you can find an Australian import put out by BPS video services from 2012 for 19.95. It is not a bootleg; it is a professional reproduction service of rare and hard to find movies.

To this day, one of the oddest, quirkiest and sexiest mainstream movies ever made. Susan Anspach comes apart right before our eyes and we love it. The shrink, the kids, the hapless husband. The audition scene for a new housekeeper is worth the price of admission alone.

This DVD is a good quality one. Shipping was prompt. Some negative comments: quite expensive for a DVD although some other sites had more expensive ones. I am not certain it is an original or a pirated version.

got the region 2 dvd and of course doesn't play. They have two that are inter sited so the mistake can be made without one knowing. For the price one doesn't want the wrong one! Very fed up with this region bussiness. All dvds should be clearly mark on very site as to which region the dvd plays in. Leaving it open for the customer to try to determine and something that maybe not be clear is extremely bad business. Won't change until enough people get up set.

A great work of filmmaking-refreshing different. Was great to watch something out of the ordinary. Cast & acting was good. If you like foreign film material...You'll want to see this! Enlightening!!